The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Hypothesis in China: A Review

China is the largest total pollution emitter country on globe and a vast literature has investigated environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in China. Thus, we aim to review empirical studies testing of EKC using different proxies area samples The can be validated by establishing an inverted U-shaped or N-shaped relationship between economic growth. In this Chinese literature, validity found more often than its absence. comparison, higher proportion global compared with local proxies. Moreover, greater percentage substantiated provincial city-level data aggregate national data. To validate these findings, applied logistic regression, chance was 5.08 times absence if study used proxy. existence 4.46 nonexistence provincial, city, sectoral, industrial